The Soundpeats H3 is the perfect flawed hero. Beyond the obvious looks of the H3 and its signature logo on the earphones that remind me of the S on Sentry’s belt, there is a similar history to greatness with a flawed concept: a little something that prevents it from being the greatest of all time. For Sentry, it was his history with drugs and the alter ego of the Void. With the Soundpeats H3, it’s the flawed app and the lack of features that should be there but aren’t. Simple things, like pausing the music when you take out the earphones, are just common sense at this point in earphones but are missing here. Not having wireless charging is another feature that should be a given but isn’t when it comes to the Soundpeats H3.
Four hours of battery life with ANC is a flat-out sin. Yes, it has decent battery life otherwise when not using the ANC and has 37 hours total with quick charging. But again, the sacrifices it makes with features like ANC are crazy to think about in this day and age of earphones. And then you top this off with flaky software app support and reliability. Several times the features that the app presents don’t even work or show up with the option to use them (like the community EQ sets). Access to things similar to the Soundcore Soundscape is there, but horrible in execution, and sound is just another flaw that really keeps this hero from being what it should. And this is before the horrible phone call quality. And the most stupid thing EVER, in all of earphone history ..there is literally NO way to tell if your earphones are finished charging on the case!!! I kid you not…there is no indicator on the case that tells you this at Alll!!!!So then, what are its standout powers that make you turn your head? Simply, it’s the sound.
This thing has a three-driver system (not saying the amount of drivers tells the same story) that actually has a ton of power and the option to tap into your preferred sound with EQ. Once tapped in right, this thing sounds flat out stellar. At $100, you find yourself questioning your sound life. This, mixed with the way they are designed to fit (like IEMs) in your ears and disappear, means you get some very impressive sound and simulation into the soundstage and imaging that is something that can rival any earphone out there at almost any price for about 80% of the earphones out there, if not a little more.
It has the codecs you should come to love, especially on Android phones. It has Hi-Res capability, LDAC, and Dolby Surround options. It also connects to multiple devices. Basically, it has all the regular stuff you need and even provides good ANC, not top three, but up there. You can even customize your controls. So if you are looking for the basics but with a little something special in sound at a low price, it’s pretty hard to beat Soundpeats H3s.
Now, for the final truth. If you have earphones that already sound stellar, have great features, a dependable app, and good battery life, buying these $100 earphones is still redundant and in some ways useless. The missing common features, as well as the things these earphones don’t do well, are not something that can be overlooked if you already have something that doesn’t have these limits. Basically, these earphones aren’t going to make you give up on your Sonys, your Devialet Gemini’s, Technics, or Noble Rex 5’s.
It won’t give you voice controls, won’t allow Google Assistant voice activation without physical touching, and it most definitely won’t read your text messages on the go by itself. Hence the $100 price. But if you don’t own anything and all you truly care about is price, sound, and decent ANC, then this could be a consideration. If nothing more, it’s easily the best-sounding earphones ever at $100, and sound alone could be mistaken for a $350-$500 earphone in performance.
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